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Antisemitic Vandalism in Nizhny Novgorod Town


(July 21, 2008)

Vandals painted swastikas and Stars of David on 15 gravestones in the Bogorodsky district of Russia's Nizhny Novgorod region, according to a July 21, 2008 report by the Jewish.ru web site. The vandals knocked over 10 gravestones and smashed an additional five. Police are investigating the incident, the latest in a series of acts of antisemitic vandalism in the Nizhny Novgorod region.


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